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[UK-Bug] News & Competition
Posted on September 22nd, 2004 | 2 Comments

All, UK-Bugs 1st anniversary competition has closed and we've picked a winner. Is it you ? News has been slow here for the past few days - but thankfully the likes of Sunil has been on a posting...

download limits
Posted on September 22nd, 2004 | 1 Comments

Dear All, I understand that some broadband users have a limit to how much data they can download per month, set by their ISP. Fortunately mine does not, unless I download an obscene amount of...

info for those previously beyond adsl limits
Posted on September 21st, 2004 | 39 Comments

Phone rang, nobody there, it then rang again, nobody there. Light came on the router yippee, then after a minute it went off again. Then for about 10 minutes it went between off and yellow which...

If you have a free wifi hotspot you can add it to our directory
Posted on September 21st, 2004 | 0 Comments

http://www.riverwalkmobile.com/Add%20FreeSpots.htm We have over 5000 subscribers who will get updates including your site cheers

Broadband networking
Posted on September 21st, 2004 | 5 Comments

Having taken the plunge and ordered Telewest's 750k broadband service for our flat of 4 students, I'd really appreciate some help in sharing the connection. We've got 3 laptops and a desktop between...

Speedtouch 530 with D-Link DI-624
Posted on September 21st, 2004 | 1 Comments

Does anyone know if you can use the Speedtouch 530 Modem/Router with a D-Link DI-624 wireless router? If so are there any sites on the web that would explain how to do it? The reason I ask is that...

Will this work with NDO Broadband?
Posted on September 21st, 2004 | 1 Comments

Hi, I'm wondering if this will work with NDO Broadband? It is a BT Voyager 2100 Wireless ADSL Router as seen here: http://www.shop.bt.com/invt/022760 Thanks for your time.

faceplates and extended reach
Posted on September 21st, 2004 | 8 Comments

I dimly recollect that in the MK 'extended reach' press release there was some mention of the need to change the faceplate if the signal was marginal 1) Is this right? If so 2) why does it produce a...

Power through splitter
Posted on September 21st, 2004 | 3 Comments

I've got a telephone which has an LCD display. Presumably it gets the power for this though the line, but when I put a microfiler between it and the socket it doesn't work. I notice the telephone...

WinXP fails DNS requests through Netgear 834G
Posted on September 21st, 2004 | 11 Comments

Hi, I have absoloutely no idea what is going on. As far as I know I have not changed anything. I had been having trouble getting the router to connect to ADSL through PlusNet, I kept getting the...

Don't shoot the pianna player...
Posted on September 21st, 2004 | 1 Comments

Had broadband installed a couple of weeks ago, everything was fine until the connection disappeared without warning. That left three options - a line fault, an ISP problem, or a faulty router. I...

Routers for multiple static IPs?
Posted on September 21st, 2004 | 6 Comments

Not too sure on this one. Basically we are getting in a separate DSL line at work and expect to be able to get an allocation from the ISP concerned. So far every connection I have set up is either...

Router deliberations
Posted on September 21st, 2004 | 9 Comments

I've been looking at two routers : the DB834 and the Vigor 2600 Plus. As a secure fire wall is the key priority, I'd settle for the former as it has SPI and costs about £70 less than the Draytek. ...

NTL to LLU 300 exchanges
Posted on September 20th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Its beginning to feel like London Buses - you wait for one announcement and then several come at once. ----- NTL is to embark on the most significant expansion of its network since it acquired CWC,...

ADSL & Pulse Dialing
Posted on September 20th, 2004 | 7 Comments

Hi, Could anyone offer me some advise pls. I have been trying to set up a broadband account for some elderly relatives of mine. Despite the account been active and the modem correctly configured...

*R* ADSL
Posted on September 20th, 2004 | 78 Comments

Isn't *R* ADSL meant to negotiate line speed? I am right on the limit of line length (dB level is either just under or just over the maximum, depending on what it had for breakfast), but I always...

Tesco broadband delay.
Posted on September 20th, 2004 | 7 Comments

I placed my order on 6th September, and received the same day the message: However, when I track the order on BT's website...

Tesco fiasco
Posted on September 20th, 2004 | 6 Comments

Has anyone ever managed to get through to Tesco broadband support on 0800 479 8181 ? I have tried for the past two days and have never had anyone answer. I have emailed them and nothing, The only way...

Complaints address
Posted on September 20th, 2004 | 25 Comments

To whom do I complain about the usual ³your domain is about to expire and you should pay me £60² letter from a domain registration company ? I assume its Ofcom, or is it Trading Standards ?

OT ish Best price for Cat5e 300m stranded?
Posted on September 20th, 2004 | 17 Comments

I'm looking for 300m of stranded cat5e, the cheapest place I've found is redstore.com at £33.01 inc. vat delivered, but it doesn't specify if this is solid or stranded and their sales are being slow...